Jailed journalists return from Myanmar


SINGAPORE: Cheers and shouts of joy erupted as Singaporean cameraman Lau Hon Meng walked out of the Changi Airport Terminal 2 transit area.

The 43-year-old, together with Malaysian documentary producer Mok Choy Lin, arrived home on Friday (Dec 29) evening from Yangon, where they had spent two months in a Myanmar prison. They had flouted a colonial-era aircraft law by filming with a drone.

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